GENEVA, 26-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — SGS is pleased to announce the acquisition of the assets and license of John R. McCrea Agency, Inc. (McCrea), an official designated inspection agency licensed by the US Department of Agriculture. McCrea is active in the … Read the full press release
MANCHESTER, 21-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Co-op has demonstrated its commitment to championing best practice in the fresh produce sector by signing up to the National Farmers Union’s Fruit and Vegetable Pledge. The community retailer made the announcement at its inaugural … Read the full press release
MANCHESTER, 21-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Co-op today (Saturday, 17 September 2016) extended its commitment to back UK farmers by switching all of its fresh bacon and lamb to 100% British. The new sourcing initiative will make the Co-op the only … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Food & Beverage, Retail, United Kingdom
Tagged 100% British beef, Alexia Robinson, Andrea Leadsom, Steve Murrells, The Co-op, UK farmers, Zoe Davies
Organobalance GmbH specializes in microbial screening and assay development, and will complement Novozymes’ existing platform with applications across industries. Bagsvaerd, Denmark, 16-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Novozymes today announces the acquisition of microbial research company Organobalance GmbH for an undisclosed amount. Germany-based Organobalance … Read the full press release
Realizes a shared vision of integrated agricultural offerings, delivering enhanced solutions for growers and creates a leading innovation engine for the next generation of farming / USD 128 per share in all-cash transaction, represents 44 percent premium to Monsanto shareholders … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Chemicals, Germany, Management
Tagged Bayer, Hugh Grant, Monsanto, Werner Baumann
Milestone reached in promoting sustainable palm oil production Düsseldorf, Germany, 01-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Henkel has agreed three additional partnerships to support plantations and smallholders in adopting sustainable palm-growing practices and improving their livelihoods. The partnerships in Indonesia, Mexico and Nigeria complement … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, Germany
Tagged Henkel, Kathrin Menges, Marieke Leegwater, smallholders, sustainable palm-growing practices
A sparkling milk & fruit drink, a milk & tea drink and an energy drink rich in protein are all part of Arla’s new ambition to triple its business outside standard white milk in the global beverage market. Arla wants … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Denmark, Food & Beverage
Tagged Arla, Hanne Søndergaard, healthier milk-based alternatives, soft drinks
GHENT, 26-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Bio-Engineer Frederiek-Maarten Kerckhof has developed a technique to remove the greenhouse gas methane more efficiently from the air and possibly make it a usable resource. Next to CO2, methane is the main greenhouse gas due to … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Belgium, Education, Environment, Science
Tagged Bio-engineer, Fred Riek Martin Kerckhof, Ghent University, remove methane from the air
Making cocoa farming more sustainable and profitable for farmers • USD 24 million benefits generated to smallholders as a result of investments • Reaching 103,000 farmers by 2020/21 season • 23% expected income increase for farmers at year two • … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Financial, Food & Beverage, Society, Switzerland
Tagged Barry Callebaut, cocoa farmers in Cote d’Ivoire, IDH, IFC
2016 full-year earnings outlook maintained; organic sales outlook adjusted to 2-4% Bagsvaerd, Denmark, 10-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — In the first half of 2016, sales grew by 3% organically and were flat in DKK compared with the first half of 2015. EBIT … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Denmark, Financial, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged Novozymes, Peder Holk Nielsen
MUNICH, 04-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — On 3 August 2016, the Supervisory Board of BayWa AG, Munich, unanimously voted to appoint Klaus Josef Lutz (58) as Chairman of the Management Board for an additional term of office until 2022. This decision extends Lutz’ existing … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Germany, International Trade, Management
Tagged BayWa AG, Klaus Josef Lutz
Yara International ASA delivered weaker underlying second-quarter results compared with a year earlier. EBITDA excluding special items was 22% lower, as weaker fertilizer prices were only partly offset by positive energy and currency translation gains. OSLO, 25-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — “Yara … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Chemicals, Financial, Investment, Norway
Tagged fertilizer prices, Svein Tore Holsether, Yara International ASA
MALMÖ, 18-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — AAK has acquired the leading West Coast based vegetable oils company California Oils Corporation from Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan. California Oils Corporation, also known as CalOils, had last year revenues of approximately SEK 1,350 million and … Read the full press release
SGS is extending the coverage of its crop quality map service to include Germany. HAMBURG, 24-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — This data gives the whole agri-supply chain, from corporate farming operators, inland and international traders, to grain processors, an overview of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Germany, Switzerland
Tagged crop quality map service, Germany, SGS
LUND, Sweden, 09-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply a solution encompassing various pieces of equipment to a vegetable oil plant in Russia. … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Industrial, Russia, Sweden
Tagged Alfa Laval, Svante Karlsson, vegetable oil plant in Russia
A new initiative led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Queen’s University Belfast will help food producers in Northern Ireland to identify opportunities in the marketplace and to develop their competitiveness. NORWICH, 25-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The project, launched … Read the full press release
Yara International ASA has reached an agreement with the Bulgarian company MicroAccount to acquire their Farm Management System business in Bulgaria and Romania.OSLO, 24-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — “By combining Yara’s extensive crop nutrition knowledge with a broad portfolio of digital … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Bulgaria, Business, Management, Norway
Tagged Farm Management System, MicroAccount, Terje Knutsen, Yara International ASA
Positive outlook – Dividend increase to € 4.00 -Revenue of € 2,477.6 million (prior year: € 2,493.5 million) -Starch and Fruit segment carry Group operating Profit -Operating profit (EBIT) of € 129.0 million (prior year: € 121.7 million) -Positive EBIT in Sugar segment even … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Austria, Financial, Investment
Tagged AGRANA Beteiligungs AG
Recognised welfare outcome assessments within farm assurance schemes have shown a reduction in feather loss and improvement in the welfare of UK cage-free laying hens, according to the findings of a study from the AssureWel project by the University of … Read the full press release
More than 7,000 farmers have now been paid bridging payments of around 50% of likely Basic Payment Scheme 2015 claim amounts. LONDON, 02-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — More than 7,000 farmers have now been paid bridging payments of around 50% of likely … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Financial, Government, United Kingdom
Tagged Basic Payment Scheme, BPS, farmers, Gov.uk, Mark Grimshaw
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